My sister made this the other night - it was delicious Chicken Broccoli 3 TBS olive oil 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 onion, chopped 2 cups broccoli, cut in bite-sized pieces ¼ tsp red pepper flakes (needless to say I added a lot more) 3/4 cup "sun-dried" tomatoes, cut in bite-sized pieces 1 cup cooked chicken, cut in bite-sized pieces 1 cup roman/parmesan cheese, shredded 1 pkg pasta, cooked (penne, manicotti, etc.) [reserve 1 cup of liquid in case the mixture gets too thick] * In a wok type pan or large fry pan over med-high heat, combine the first 5 ingredients * Stir fry until onions are translucent * Add tomatoes, chicken and cheese - stir together * Add noodles, toss & serve. Sharen Rund Bloechl Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems Sunnyvale Data Center sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com <mailto:sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com> Phone: 408-756-5432 [or] Fax: 408-756-0912 srund@svl.ems.lmco.com <mailto:srund@svl.ems.lmco.com> LMnet: 8-326-5432 Pager: 408-539-5146 web: http://webpager.lmms.lmco.com/perl/mtrocall.cgi <http://webpager.lmms.lmco.com/perl/mtrocall.cgi> [or] Operator Assist: 1-800-725-5079, pin 408-539-5146 ---------- From: Ron Hay[SMTP:ronhay@pacbell.net] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 7:54 AM To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com Subject: [CH] A wonderfully subtle chipotle-tomatillo salsa Good morning, my friends! Yesterday, when contemplating a use for our bounty of tomatillos, I went surfing and arrived at a web site known as chuck@gumbopages.com. Under his salsa section, I found this delightful salsa, which we served with grilled Chilean sea bass, and was absolutely fabulous. It could be used on almost anything, but goes especially well with grilled meat, poultry or fish. Please resist the temptation to crank up the heat, as it will overpower the delicate, natural sweetness of fresh tomatillos. 25 large tomatillos (about 2 pounds) 3 cloves garlic, unpelled (I peeled our jumbo cloves with their woody skin) 1 medium onion, finely chopped 3 tablespoons olive oil 4 canned chipotles in adobo sauce 2 teaspoons adobo sauce 1 bunch of cilantro, leaves only 1 teaspoon salt juice of 1 lime Husk and wash tomatillos under hot water. With a comal or black iron skillet (dry), cook tomatillos for 20-25 minutes over medium-high heat until soft and blackened all over. (Mine were so fresh, right out of the garden, that they never turned black, but collapsed into a tomatillo jam, after developing brown spots before they released their juices.) Do not allow to dry out (fresh ones can hardly dry out!) Shake pan every few minutes. Roast garlic until soft but not burnt. (I roasted ours right in the pan with the tomatillos.) Sautee onion in 1 tablesppon olive oil until soft and browned. Place tomatillos (in my case, their juices, too), garlic onion, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, chipotles, adobo sauce, cilantro and salt in a blender or food processor. Process until combined; consistency should be even, with no lumps. Add water (!) if necessary. Add lime juice and blend for a few more seconds. Add more cilantro if desired. Serve at warm at room temperature, or chilled. Yield--about 3 cups. This salsa, in my opinion, ranks along with the best served in really elegant Mexican restaurants, and is a real find. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did. Ron, Van Nuys, CA